These Vortex command-line options specify an action to do; they are
mutually-exclusive. See also the library and schedule options,
however:
-? or -H
Print a help message.
--apply-license=file or --apply-license file
Apply an arbitrary Texis License update file (provided by
Thunderstone, in license.upd format) directly. A user and
password for authentication must be provided, with -u and
-p. The file may be "-" (a dash) to
indicate that standard input should be read; this can be useful
for cut-and-pasting a license update to a command-prompt window.
A success or failure message and exit code is generated. Note
that license updates must be enabled via conf/texis.ini
(usually done at install); see the [License Update] settings
in the Texis manual. Also see <vxcp applylicense>,
here. Added in version 6.
-C
Compile script only; do not execute. It is good practice to also
use the --warnings-are-fatal flag with -C if running
in a development (non-production) environment.
-K pid [sig]
Kill Texis process pid. An optional signal sig
(name or value) may be given; the default is SIGTERM, which
is a safer way to terminate a Vortex script (especially under
Windows) than SIGKILL or Task Manager's End Process
button. Under Windows, SIGTERM is mapped to a
Vortex-specific soft-terminate event, and
SIGINT/SIGBREAK are also mapped to soft events.
Added in version 5.01.1172007224 20070220.
-license
Print current license statistics.
-License
Print more verbose license statistics.
-r
Run Vortex script. This is the default action, unless a SQL command
is given.
-s
Execute SQL statement. The remaining options only apply to SQL
statements:
-update
Signal the Texis Monitor to try to update the Texis license,
either by reading the "license.upd" file in the install dir
(provided by Thunderstone), or by contacting the Thunderstone
license server over the Internet.
-version
Print version information and exit.
-platform
Print just platform ID and exit. Added in version 6.00.1277838424
20100629.
-W
Wipe the state table (delete and re-create it). A srcfile
need not be given. Occasionally running texis with this
option when the server is inactive is recommended, as the state
table may grow large on heavily used servers.